They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 538: Like a Hawk

Then that girl came along and turned it all upside down. And somehow, Carl had fallen for it. She didn’t know how, but Nnenna had clearly bewitched him. Played innocent. Played clever. Cunning little thing.

So young... and yet already that manipulative?

Stephanie had been waiting for this moment ever since the referee announced the tournament lineup. From the second she saw Nnenna’s name, she knew, this was her chance. Her brother would crush that girl in the ring, and everyone would finally see.

This was justice.

Retribution.

A clean win that would fix everything.

She smiled to herself, adrenaline mixing with satisfaction. Yes. This was how you proved a point.

Carl, Somto, Arthur, they were all here. The ones who mattered. The ones who decided who belonged and who didn’t. And they would watch this play out.

She didn’t even need to raise a finger.

Nicholas would handle it for her.

After all... they were the best of the best. And she belonged with them. Not some stranger with a pretty face and mysterious talent.

She leaned forward, eyes glued to the stage, heart pounding with anticipation.

This was it.

The moment everything would fall back into place.

When Nnenna would finally be put in her place.

The referee raised his arm... and dropped it.

"Begin!"

Nnenna and Nicholas stepped forward.

They bowed.

At least, she did, halfway.

She wasn’t stupid.

She had watched Nicholas’s previous fights closely, especially the ones where his opponents had gone in respectfully... and walked out bruised before the match even properly began.

He had a trick.

A cheap one.

And just as she predicted, he used it.

Before her head was even all the way down, Nicholas lunged forward, fist slicing the air toward her midsection like a bullet.

from the

Too fast!"

even two

"Is he insane?!"

SLAM

moment, narrowly dodging the blow and skidding

attack sent a

table lit

eyes narrowing. "No

always been too impatient," muttered Madam Wolke, shaking her head. "Doesn’t even wait for the formality to finish. It’s like a bad habit

flatly, watching with sharp eyes. "Most of his opponents never recover from that first

them, Arthur said

Didn’t blink.

even look up

something in the way his fingers curled slightly on the edge of the table, a quiet tension that pulsed through his usually

a few rows behind the judges, felt a surge of

she thought. Be more aggressive. Don’t hold back. Let that

flicked to

still

That girl.

same unreadable look on his face again, not soft,

Stephanie’s stomach twisted.

all the effort she put in, he had never once looked

stinking

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did

Ref

Nahh Nicholas is wild. This is

dodge? She read that move

crazy. My

eyes as he watched Nnenna slide back into a ready

knew," he murmured, impressed. "She knew he would

beside him, didn’t say a

But he smiled faintly.

a wide smile. Not one

It was pride.

so easy to

Crush him.

He believed she could.

even begun to show what she could

opening move failed, the match truly

And it was brutal.

Nicholas didn’t waste time.

He charged.

rams. His kicks cracked through the air with terrifying velocity. He was, after all, ranked second among the entire Year Three martial artists,

Nnenna?

was just